becoming the first man in more than 16 years to conduct his own defence when facing the death penalty in Singapore. Despite putting up a defence that he was drunk and he fired the gun accidentally and did it in self-defence when Lim tried to use a chair to attack him (which is not possible since Lim's hands was also tied up at that time before his death), Justice Tay Yong Kwang rejected his defence, calling his actions were of “assured and accomplished assassin”, and called his story of accidental shooting a laughable fantasy, since it required strength to pull the trigger. Tay sentenced Tan to death after finding him guilty as charged. Tan later engaged veteran lawyer Subhas Anandan to represent him in his appeal, and the appeal was met with failure subsequently in January 2008. On 5 January 2009, Tan lost his final appeal to the President of Singapore for clemency, and four days later, 42-year-old Tan Chor Jin was hanged. As an aftermath of the incident (including Tan's execution), Ho Yueh Keong, who went on the run for 9 years before his arrest in Kuala Lumpur in July 2015, was sent to jail for 20 months for helping Tan escape Singapore, and Lim Choon Chwee was also imprisoned for 6 months for failing to report a robbery after receiving a discharge not amounting to an acquittal for abetment of murder. Dave Teo Ming On 2 September 2007, 20-year-old National Serviceman Dave Teo Ming sparked a 20-hour-long nationwide manhunt when he went AWOL, with a SAR-21 assault rifle, eight rounds of ammunition and a knife. The purpose of Teo's AWOL was due to him wanting to kill Crystal Liew, Teo's girlfriend who broke up with him in April that same year, as well as five others whom Teo hated in his life. After his arrest, Teo faced multiple charges under the Arms Offences Act. Teo's fellow serviceman, Ong Boon Jun, who was in company of Teo who was possessing a rifle, was charged under the Act as well. At Teo's trial, it was revealed that Teo had an unhappy childhood and had experienced several tragedies in his life (including his mother abandoning him to his grandparents, parental abuse, the death of his then-12-year-old younger brother from a car accident in March 2001). These events caused Teo to encounter disciplinary problems and also led to him suffering from depression,